Senior R&D Engineer Medical Devices (m/f/d)

Senior R&D Engineer Medical Devices (m/f/d) Permanent

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always be one step ahead.

About Heraeus Medevio

Together we improve lives. At Heraeus Medevio, we bring lifesaving and life-changing medical devices to market through partnerships with medical device manufacturing companies. Backed by Heraeus Group, we are committed to the growth of our teams and organization by providing an open space for open minds.

To reach our vision of improving 100 million lives every year, we foster a culture of curiosity that thrives on challenge, continuous learning, growth, and the opportunity to try new things. With sites in the United States, European Union, and Asia, and over 2,200 employees worldwide, together, we will meet tomorrow's challenges today.

The following challenges await you:

• Executing product development projects with a customer-specific design from concept freeze throughout the product design and manufacturing transfer, while mentoring younger professionals.
• Working in cross-functional teams with program managers, design and process engineers, prototyping assistants, and RA/QA representatives within the global footprint of our company, as well as with our business partners and customers.
• Taking responsibility for the technical design.
• Developing and building prototypes for medical devices designed for safe and effective use to improve the well-being of patients worldwide.
• Working in various areas of interventional devices, including access devices, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic catheters, and complex delivery systems, applying state-of-the-art technology.
• Developing test methods for design verification and simulated use validation, manufacturing processes for your solution, and documenting your work within our paperless PLM system.
• Ensuring complete documentation according to regulations, standards, and industry best practices under design control.
• Guiding and mentoring less experienced team members and keeping stakeholders, customers, and others informed of project status and upcoming issues.

Your profile:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering discipline with a focus in Mechanical, Plastics, or Biomedical Engineering. An advanced degree is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in the medical device industry.
• Strong knowledge of interventional devices, applied materials, functional product design, design for manufacturing, and prototyping skills.
• Experience in mentoring and proven development experience for Class II and Class III medical devices.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions utilizing statistical tools such as DOE, tolerance stack-up analysis, or Minitab.
• Very good communication skills in English (written and spoken).
• Understanding of Design Control Requirements and ISO 13485 / FDA requirements.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customers, study locations, or other company sites worldwide.

Curious? Apply now!

We are interested in finding the best candidates, and they may come from a nontraditional background. So please don’t hesitate to apply, even if you aren’t an exact fit. We look forward to getting you started on your employment journey with Heraeus Medevio!

Any further questions?

Our Recruiting Team, Heraeus Medevio, is happy to assist you by email: recruiting.medevio@heraeus.com. Or visit us at jobs.heraeus.com.